Grief strikes tiny Mexican village after landslide

At least 97 killed by violent 1-2 punch from tropical storm, Hurricane Ingrid; 68 remain missing in 1 tiny village

• Sep 20, 2013

Al Qaeda attacks Yemeni troops, killing dozens

Military official says 3 bases attacked in country's volatile south, leaving at least 38 troops dead as clashes continue

• Sep 20, 2013

Iran minister, U.N. chief talk nuclear issue

Iran's foreign minister and the U.N. secretary-general discussed the country's nuclear program and its possible role in ending the Syrian conflict

• Sep 19, 2013

Long-time Nintendo chief Yamauchi dies aged 85

Executive ran video game company for more than 50 years and owned Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners

• Sep 19, 2013

Man evicted for 1964 Tokyo Games faces same fate in 2020

79-year-old Kohei Jinno is set to lose his Tokyo home to make way for a new Olympic stadium -- again

• Sep 19, 2013

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima

Quake hits Japanese prefecture that is home to nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake; no tsunami alert issued

• Sep 19, 2013

Death toll nears 100 in storm-ravaged Mexico

Landslide following barrage of rain has buried half a village, leaving 58 people missing

• Sep 19, 2013

Pope Francis: Catholic Church must focus beyond "small-minded rules"

Pontiff says Church has to "find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards"

• Sep 19, 2013

Afghans flock to colleges, even as Taliban loom

Demand for higher education is soaring in war-weary country; striking vote of confidence in its future

• Sep 19, 2013

French Riviera jeweler arrested after allegedly shooting thief

Teen allegedly shot in the back by shopkeeper as he tried running from scene of heist; local official showing support for jeweler after string of thefts

• Sep 19, 2013

Combating poverty in Roma settlement

Romanian NGO encourages education initiatives in the struggling Roma community of Ponorata

• Sep 19, 2013
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Chinese holiday pastry at center of anti-corruption drive

Mooncakes commonly used as a blinged-out bribe now a target of China president's campaign against corruption

• Sep 19, 2013

Qaddafi son's trial delayed by militia holding him

Militia-run prison fails to handover Seif al-Islam for trial, highlighting central government's weakness 2 years after Qaddafi's fall

• Sep 19, 2013

Giant duck floats into Taiwan

The giant traveling rubber duck is the creation of Dutch conceptual artist Florentijin Hofman

• Sep 19, 2013
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Japan to shut down all reactors at crippled nuke plant

Prime Minister orders last 2 reactors at tsunami-ravaged Fukushima plant to be shut down so focus can go to fixing radioactive leaks

• Sep 19, 2013

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